It is a Shelton tradition to make and eat gingerbread cookies. It is one that I haven't picked up. The taste is okay. It is so much work...

Today, as we were making gingerbread cookie dough, I heard, "Mom, look we can blow on this molasses and it gets wider."  I looked ...

This is my sewing table. I love it!! Jared built it so I could lay quilting pieces out on it and other sewing projects, but I mostly use it ...

Today's school lesson is on heat transfer and friction. We are testing how different materials react to energy being applied to them.  R...

Martin is only three, which is too early for real schoolwork. However, I try to work learning activities into much of life. As we play outsi...

I love overalls on little kids. I have them in almost every size from 12 months to 3T. In the smaller sizes I have them in various colors an...

Charles Spurgeon: I believe in eggs, but we must get chickens out of them... Brethren, do something; do something; do something. While commi...

6. For sleep. When I'm pregnant I wake up four to five times a night to use the bathroom and often can't fall back asleep right away...

Before James was born I started this quilt.  I actually have it ready to quilt, but I haven't taken a picture of it in that stage.  I w...

I am thankful for: 1.  ...Jared. He has taken such good care of me since James was born (and always). He cleans the house and washes clothes...

Yesterday, we celebrated this guy's birthday with a trip to the beach (our first of the year) and a stop by our favorite playground.  He...

It is hard to take pictures in small rooms. I had this trouble capturing the bathroom remodel pictures. Also, I was planning on picking up ...

(The littles) Last Thursday I had bloodwork done to see why I've been sick. It came back positive for mono.  In many ways that is reassu...

Sweet Baby James went to ESL with me to visit the staff. I just couldn't stay away; I have missed my staff and students on Thursday nigh...

They pretty much never stop. Also, those cheeks! Those eyes! Oh, Warren! We love you.  We had the Orange bowl out the night before because W...

We love him. 

So... The fever is gone after 12 days. However, now my tonsils are super swollen. It hurts to swallow. Ugh.  My mouth tastes horrible. But m...

So, I was reading them poetry and this happened. 

This is my third child and the third time that I have caught some illness or infection about 2-4 weeks post baby. The other two times I knew...

Before the baby was born I made a list of everything as I put it in the freezer so I would be able to make meals quickly. I just doubled a l...